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we need to reduce the deficit. but, if we are going to grow the economy and get people back to work, we must invest in the future. i wanted to acknowledgement fact that the budget does reduce the deficit by $1.10 trillion. that is real money for most of us. and it is not easy to get there. bringing fiscal stability to the nation in 2017, her primary balance, none of this is easy. the budget does make strategic investments in the future. for many of us in our districts across the country, the focus on energy and evasion of education and infrastructure is important. every business i talked to said to me that we need, we look at, or locate incentives for innovation. do we have what we need to move our products and work force? is there an educated work force? they want to know -- and it starts with -- where is the infrastructure and advantage for innovation? i think we need to talk about that, because otherwise we're just looking at slash and burn, cut spending right now. the budget deficit commission said not a good i
we need to reduce the deficit. but, if we are going to grow the economy and get people back to work, we must invest in the future. i wanted to acknowledgement fact that the budget does reduce the deficit by $1.10 trillion. that is real money for most of us. and it is not easy to get there. bringing fiscal stability to the nation in 2017, her primary balance, none of this is easy. the budget does make strategic investments in the future. for many of us in our districts across the country, the...
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the discussion we are having on ing-term deficit reduction -- would love deficit reduction, but i would love to have a set of policies that actually -- hire back some of the teachers that were fired at the state and local level. that is really counterproductive here to make some investment in infrastructure, because -- >> if you were doing one big factor -- package, you would also include putting these things and now rather than waiting? >> here is what i think neera would do -- [laughter] if you can make -- wave a magic wand and put the politics out of the window, because of opportunity costs, there is only so much political oxygen. room,d put you two in a michael linden, dean baker, people from very different views but who all share -- and some conservatives, that's right. and say, what you came out with is what we would do. so, it would not absorb the political oxygen that we need right now, but that we have a backloaded plan that would get us to fiscal sustainability that was balance. i think there are enough people in town that would go there. >> on the aisle. go ahead. my name is
the discussion we are having on ing-term deficit reduction -- would love deficit reduction, but i would love to have a set of policies that actually -- hire back some of the teachers that were fired at the state and local level. that is really counterproductive here to make some investment in infrastructure, because -- >> if you were doing one big factor -- package, you would also include putting these things and now rather than waiting? >> here is what i think neera would do --...
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they basically don't solve the deficit. you did that once. an excellent idea. give people a spreadsheet. >> thank you, yes. >> pull these and see. >> if you tell them and give them restrictions you say well you can't just leave taxes where they are and you can't cut taxes you have to do a mix then people do -- i agree there's a huge role for education and information in all of this. >> rose: the e book as i said by david is called washington can solve the deficit and spur growth. dean of the columbia business school chair of economic advisors. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioning sponsored by wpbt >> this is n.b.r. >> susie: good evening, everyone. i'm susie gharib. tom's off tonight. americans are waiting to hear from president obama as he gives his state of the union speech. we look at his jobs plan and what wall street wants to hear from the president. and currency wars: g-7 countries say they're looking to boost their local economies, but critics
they basically don't solve the deficit. you did that once. an excellent idea. give people a spreadsheet. >> thank you, yes. >> pull these and see. >> if you tell them and give them restrictions you say well you can't just leave taxes where they are and you can't cut taxes you have to do a mix then people do -- i agree there's a huge role for education and information in all of this. >> rose: the e book as i said by david is called washington can solve the deficit and...
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they basically don't solve the deficit. you did that once. an excellent idea. give people a spreadsheet. >> thank you, yes. >> pull these and see. >> if you tell them and give them restrictions you say well you can't just leave taxes where they are and you can't cut taxes you have to do a mix then people do -- i agree there's a huge role for education and information in all of this. >> rose: the e book as i said by david is called washington can solve the deficit and spur growth. dean of the columbia business school chair of economic advisors. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >>> the following kqed production was produced in high definition. ♪ >>> calories, calories, calories! >> wow, it rocked my world! >> it just kind of reminded me of boot camp. >> i don't know what you had, but this is great! >> it almost f >> hi! i'm leslie sbrocco, welcome to "check, please! bay area," the show where regular bay area
they basically don't solve the deficit. you did that once. an excellent idea. give people a spreadsheet. >> thank you, yes. >> pull these and see. >> if you tell them and give them restrictions you say well you can't just leave taxes where they are and you can't cut taxes you have to do a mix then people do -- i agree there's a huge role for education and information in all of this. >> rose: the e book as i said by david is called washington can solve the deficit and...
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they basically don't solve the deficit. you did that once. an excellent idea. give people a spreadsheet. >> thank you, yes. >> pull these and see. >> if you tell them and give them restrictions you say well you can't just leave taxes where they are and you can't cut taxes you have to do a mix then people do -- i agree there's a huge role for education and information in all of this. >> rose: the e book as i said by david is called washington can solve the deficit and spur growth. dean of the columbia business school chair of economic advisors. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
they basically don't solve the deficit. you did that once. an excellent idea. give people a spreadsheet. >> thank you, yes. >> pull these and see. >> if you tell them and give them restrictions you say well you can't just leave taxes where they are and you can't cut taxes you have to do a mix then people do -- i agree there's a huge role for education and information in all of this. >> rose: the e book as i said by david is called washington can solve the deficit and...
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obama will go against the national mood and you and despite trillions of dollars of deficits is expected to call tonight for even higher taxes and ever more government spending. these proposals, only two weeks before the sequester, the $85 billion of automatic spending cuts is set to take effect. also, north korea's detonation of a nuclear bomb provoking widespread international condemnation. the north koreans declared an explosion to have been a response to outrageous u.s. hostility. and kate up and eating our -- meeting up in dark to get in fighting off frostbite as she posed for second consecutive sports illustrated swimsuit issue covered. fighting, she drew heart warming inspiration. tonight we begin with the president's "state of the union" address, the president's speech before a joint session of congress expected to include immigration command-and-control, climate change, and education as key themes. president obama to argue that even more federal spending and higher taxes are necessary to spur job creation and according to white house aides that president is also expected to use
obama will go against the national mood and you and despite trillions of dollars of deficits is expected to call tonight for even higher taxes and ever more government spending. these proposals, only two weeks before the sequester, the $85 billion of automatic spending cuts is set to take effect. also, north korea's detonation of a nuclear bomb provoking widespread international condemnation. the north koreans declared an explosion to have been a response to outrageous u.s. hostility. and kate...
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it's contrary or contradictory to be concerned about the budget deficit when you take steps to have a negative effect on the economy. how much would it take effect? >> an excellent question. and of course, you create jobs by growing the economy. and you have to not only grow the economy. you need to stabilize it. you can't have the situation we're in where the interest rates are right in the basement, and as someone said, you can't jump out of the basement. that is as low as it is. and if people stop trusting u.s. treasuries, the $16 trillion of debt we have out there interest rates are i going to skyrocket. interest payments will go up annually, potentially by hundreds of billions of dollars, we would have more deficit. there would be less trust. you wrecked the government's role in the economy. those are my secret notes i'm going pick them up. [laughter] so so you to stabilize that. and you have to figure out a way to get the economy to grow. and that's a long-term proposition, which will lead to more jobs. but you're right, there's contradiction in all of this. but in trying to cre
it's contrary or contradictory to be concerned about the budget deficit when you take steps to have a negative effect on the economy. how much would it take effect? >> an excellent question. and of course, you create jobs by growing the economy. and you have to not only grow the economy. you need to stabilize it. you can't have the situation we're in where the interest rates are right in the basement, and as someone said, you can't jump out of the basement. that is as low as it is. and if...
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the great deficit in this country is the investment deficit, the investment in people and infrastructure. there were attempts to revive it. it was a super committee proposal. i think it is a good thing the super committee failed to reach an agreement. we will see where that goes. it was not a fair deal. there was so little revenue and so much padding. -- so much cutting. someone was writing the other day that the anti-tax mania is at an all-time low. reagan was willing to raise taxes. it shows how extreme. someone said the of the grover norquist may be the most powerful person in america. the new pledge he has held canada is to. he has held candidates -- the new pledge he has held the new candidates to is keeping millions -- it has a role to play in a country rich in the land grant colleges, highways, bridges. i understand the bridge out here is about to be built. i am all for infrastructure. >> obama in a way has to be the luckiest politician. if you look at the republican lineup -- [laughter] it is like michael dukakis in an oversized tank hat. >> the idea that newt gingrich is now at
the great deficit in this country is the investment deficit, the investment in people and infrastructure. there were attempts to revive it. it was a super committee proposal. i think it is a good thing the super committee failed to reach an agreement. we will see where that goes. it was not a fair deal. there was so little revenue and so much padding. -- so much cutting. someone was writing the other day that the anti-tax mania is at an all-time low. reagan was willing to raise taxes. it shows...
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it was about how do we get a handle on our debt and the deficits? i actually great with everything. >> why did all your friends jump on him so bad then? >> i think people were misunderstanding what he was saying. i talked to paul today about it. he maid it clear that he was separating both issues. >> my feeling about that as well is he didn't include retch in that. is revenue off the table? >> probably. i hate to do this but because of the time of the program, i have to thank representative. we're delighted to have you back. next we cease fire. we look for common ground. we want to you weigh in on today's fire back question. would reaching the debt limit be catastrophic for the u.s. economy? tweet yes or no using hash tag crossfire. we'll have the results after the break. la's known definitely for its traffic, congestion, for the smog. but there are a lot of people that do ride the bus. and now that the buses are running on natural gas, they don't throw out as much pollution into the air. so i feel good. i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the
it was about how do we get a handle on our debt and the deficits? i actually great with everything. >> why did all your friends jump on him so bad then? >> i think people were misunderstanding what he was saying. i talked to paul today about it. he maid it clear that he was separating both issues. >> my feeling about that as well is he didn't include retch in that. is revenue off the table? >> probably. i hate to do this but because of the time of the program, i have to...
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paying down our deficit. it is kicking the can down the road and frankly, we are out of road. >> you would think that those people would all be pushing to take credit for our incredible deficit reduction celebrating that there would be press conferences. but no, there was nothing. what makes that nothing this week so very ironic is that not only did republicans essentially ignore the cbo report but they chose to spend the time they should have been out celebrating our lowest predicted deficits since 2008 trying once again to repeal obama care. they voted for the 37th time to repeal obama care despite the fact that there is good reason to believe that obama care is to credit for much of the remarkable deficit reduction projected this week by the cbo. the deficit reduction republicans used to hold up as their entire reason for being. because the biggest driver of our long term deficits is rising health care costs and -- get this -- between 2009 and 2011, total health spending grew at the lowest annual pace in t
paying down our deficit. it is kicking the can down the road and frankly, we are out of road. >> you would think that those people would all be pushing to take credit for our incredible deficit reduction celebrating that there would be press conferences. but no, there was nothing. what makes that nothing this week so very ironic is that not only did republicans essentially ignore the cbo report but they chose to spend the time they should have been out celebrating our lowest predicted...
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we all want to reduce the deficit. remember this, president obama, when he became president, he said i'm going to cut the deficit in half in four years. he did it in four years and three months. he did that. he's on a path to deficit reduction. we're all commit the to that. put everything on the table. review it. but you cannot have any more cuts just for the sake of cuts. right now you're taking trophies. >> not entitlements. you don't want to touch entitlements. >> we want to prolong entitlements. we're not going to sit at a table for people who say social security has no place in a free society. that's what they do. >> john boehner doesn't do that. he doesn't say i i wawant to ged of social security. >> yeah they do. this isn't odd person out in the caucus. this is in the ranks of the leadership. and by the way -- by the way, voucherizing of medicare is in the ryan budget. medicare should wither on the vine. that is in the ryan budget. president washington said as he was leaving, he cautioned against political parti
we all want to reduce the deficit. remember this, president obama, when he became president, he said i'm going to cut the deficit in half in four years. he did it in four years and three months. he did that. he's on a path to deficit reduction. we're all commit the to that. put everything on the table. review it. but you cannot have any more cuts just for the sake of cuts. right now you're taking trophies. >> not entitlements. you don't want to touch entitlements. >> we want to...
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i know what you dorks run my deficit up past eisenhower. >> oh, goodness. chris: and more great stuff here in the johnson tapes. gridiron weekend in washington, of course. that's a peg for this johnson excerpt we found. listen to the president johnson, already pulled down in the vietnam war. refuses to go to the gridiron dinner that year, completely rejected a pitch from the gridiron club president. >> at dinner, we will have, pardon the expression, kennedy and reagan. against that background it seems to me that there's an opportunity for you -- it's an opportunity to set the great dignity of the presidency against these two upstarts. i think it might be a dramatic thing. >> i don't think it does you a damn bit of good. i never found it does. i think you go out and all you do, just sit there while they show their naked legs and act like they're funny and good dancers and horse singing and a lot of crap. then they spend all of their time trying to be funny. and i think it's best for you all to just embrace bobby and wrap him up and go on and live with him an
i know what you dorks run my deficit up past eisenhower. >> oh, goodness. chris: and more great stuff here in the johnson tapes. gridiron weekend in washington, of course. that's a peg for this johnson excerpt we found. listen to the president johnson, already pulled down in the vietnam war. refuses to go to the gridiron dinner that year, completely rejected a pitch from the gridiron club president. >> at dinner, we will have, pardon the expression, kennedy and reagan. against that...
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deal that will deal with sequestration and that would allow the republicans to get additional deficit reduction, and something that the president wants also. the difficulty is going to be where are those cuts, and will there be additional revenue. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. we're going to take a break. when we come back we're going to poke some fun at the lawmakers with a piano playing observer of washington. [[voiceover]] there's more to america. more stories. more voices. more points of view. >>from our headquarters in new york ... [[voiceover]] now there's a news channel with more of what americans want to know. >>i'm ali velshi, and this is real money. >>this is america tonight. >>our news coverage, reporting, and documentaries explore, inspire, and reveal more of america's stories. >>i'm here to investigate genetically modified salmon. that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko news stories? it drives discussions stories? across america. share your story on tv and online. >> as we wrap up a difficult week of gridlock, fur lows, and frustration we thought we would
deal that will deal with sequestration and that would allow the republicans to get additional deficit reduction, and something that the president wants also. the difficulty is going to be where are those cuts, and will there be additional revenue. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. we're going to take a break. when we come back we're going to poke some fun at the lawmakers with a piano playing observer of washington. [[voiceover]] there's more to america. more stories. more voices. more...
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you have spending cuts tax cuts and deficit tut cuts and debt cuts. how did he do it? what is different today than back in the coolidge era. we could do it today. that is what i took away from this book. he did it by saying no and making it cheer that when you are caught and say know you are being father christmas. he got the government out of the way. we'll acknowledge that and i personally through temperment even though it is hard, coolidge kennedy reagan. the tax revenues by the rich. what is kind of distressing when you read to think that president obama, on the spending right now. will republicans stick to these cuts, they have to get out of the fetal position on cutting spending and they have got to do the sequester. 5%, they can absorb these cuts and it has to happen. i read your books and you make great detailed mention of how coolidge sat around with his budget director cutting spending because they believed that it was good for economic growth but i don't hear that today. we expect too little of american peoples. americans know that we have to cut. we know if
you have spending cuts tax cuts and deficit tut cuts and debt cuts. how did he do it? what is different today than back in the coolidge era. we could do it today. that is what i took away from this book. he did it by saying no and making it cheer that when you are caught and say know you are being father christmas. he got the government out of the way. we'll acknowledge that and i personally through temperment even though it is hard, coolidge kennedy reagan. the tax revenues by the rich. what...
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we all want to reduce the deficit. remember this, president obama, when he became president, he said, i'm going to cut the deficit in half in four years. he did it in four years and three months. he did that. he's on a path to deficit reduction, we're all committed to that. put everything on the table, review it. but you cannot have anymore cuts just for the sake of cuts. right now you're taking trophies. >> you don't want to take entitlements. >> we don't want to sit at a table that says there's no place for social security in a civilized stoet. society. >> this isn't just the odd person out in their caucus. and by the way, by the way, the voucherizing of the medicare is in the ryan budget. medicare should wither on the vine. that is in the ryan budget. president washington said as he was leaving, he cautioned political parties at war with their own government. let me introduce you to the republican caucus in the house of representatives. not all of them, as you say, don't paint them all with the same brush, but enoug
we all want to reduce the deficit. remember this, president obama, when he became president, he said, i'm going to cut the deficit in half in four years. he did it in four years and three months. he did that. he's on a path to deficit reduction, we're all committed to that. put everything on the table, review it. but you cannot have anymore cuts just for the sake of cuts. right now you're taking trophies. >> you don't want to take entitlements. >> we don't want to sit at a table...
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they want to see the deficit come down. a new report shows that the deficit has shrunk by $800 billion since president obama took office. that's the fastest deficit reduction we've had since world war ii. the last one, $200 million despite all of the deficit shrinking. the gop is still refusing to roll back the automatic budget cuts, some of which dana just referred to. here's some local tv reports on how those cuts are hurting real people on the ground. look at this. >> cuts to the department of housing and urban development have left thousands of low income families struggling to get a place to live. >> getting kids like clamari in to head start is going to be more difficult. because of budget cuts, places like this are taking less kids the next school year. >> thousands of meals may be cut. the director says it comes at a time when donations are already down. >> it's real stuff, congresswoman. >> that's right. and it's really staggering. i've been out in my district where we have worker who is are facing furloughs, we ha
they want to see the deficit come down. a new report shows that the deficit has shrunk by $800 billion since president obama took office. that's the fastest deficit reduction we've had since world war ii. the last one, $200 million despite all of the deficit shrinking. the gop is still refusing to roll back the automatic budget cuts, some of which dana just referred to. here's some local tv reports on how those cuts are hurting real people on the ground. look at this. >> cuts to the...
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our deficits are already falling. over the past two years, i've signed legislation that will reduce our deficits by more than $2.5 trillion, more than 2/3 of it through spending cuts, and the rest through asking the wealthiest americans to be paying their fair share. that doesn't mean we don't have more work to do, but here's how we finish the job. my budget will reduce our deficits by nearly another $2 trillion so that all told we will have surpassed the goal of $4 trillion in deficit reduction that independent economists believe we need to stabilize our finances, but it does so in balanced and responsible way, a way that most americans prefer. both parties, for example, agree that the rising costs of caring for an aging generation is the single biggest driver of our long-term deficits. and the truth is for those like me who deeply believe in our social insurance programs think it's one of the core things that our government needs to do if we want to keep medicare working as well as it has, and we want to preserve th
our deficits are already falling. over the past two years, i've signed legislation that will reduce our deficits by more than $2.5 trillion, more than 2/3 of it through spending cuts, and the rest through asking the wealthiest americans to be paying their fair share. that doesn't mean we don't have more work to do, but here's how we finish the job. my budget will reduce our deficits by nearly another $2 trillion so that all told we will have surpassed the goal of $4 trillion in deficit...
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so much set aside for deficit reduction. the economy surges a little bit. you get more tax dollars in and we did it. it can be done, steve. and it can be done when one party is opposite of the other party and you do it by sitting down with the common goal of balancing the budget. but is your brand of republican politics welcomed in the republican party today? you got a zero rating from club for growth. you work for bob michael described as a moderate republican. has the party changed? >> the party has changed. but the principles haven't changed and the priorities haven't changed. people still come to washington, get elected to the house and senate with the idea, we've got to fix the deficit problem. and what they do is take a chapter or look back at history to see how others did it from opposing parties. it's not that complicated. i come from a part of the country that was once represented by abraham lincoln. abram dirkson who helped lyndon johnson pass the civil rights act. and he was from an all--white community. but he did it because it was the right thi
so much set aside for deficit reduction. the economy surges a little bit. you get more tax dollars in and we did it. it can be done, steve. and it can be done when one party is opposite of the other party and you do it by sitting down with the common goal of balancing the budget. but is your brand of republican politics welcomed in the republican party today? you got a zero rating from club for growth. you work for bob michael described as a moderate republican. has the party changed? >>...
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a deficit of $107 trillion over the next 30 years. those are scary numbers that most people don't want to face. that's the type of problem we are dealing with. the long-term deficit going from 22% to over 39% over 30 years. >> i want to play a clip here. patty murray, chairman of the senate budget committee. they want to shorten it to see if there is a way to do long-term or an annual budget. here's what she said. >> this bill is simply a clean resolution to allow our government to function. it is not a place where we should be negotiating a burch of other doles. some agreeable and some not. then we can have a debate about the other issues and put it in our budget which is what we have been focusing on. >> her vision is by november 15th, you will send back that you guys spend weeks trying to deal with the individual appropriations. the possibility that that can happen? >> in two years, the senate hasn't passed one appropriation bill. >> the house? they have gotten four out of the big 13. >> when the senate will not function well eithe
a deficit of $107 trillion over the next 30 years. those are scary numbers that most people don't want to face. that's the type of problem we are dealing with. the long-term deficit going from 22% to over 39% over 30 years. >> i want to play a clip here. patty murray, chairman of the senate budget committee. they want to shorten it to see if there is a way to do long-term or an annual budget. here's what she said. >> this bill is simply a clean resolution to allow our government to...
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spending -- even though deficit spending is really taxation deferred rather than taxation denied. it does make the current generation of voters feel like they're getting something for nothing. even at the tail end of the reagan administration, we had it at one point where the government was -- [inaudible] david fromm back when he was much more libertarian than he is today -- [laughter] described it as post-great government society at pre-great government prices. the final thing is divided government which has been very successful in curtailing the growth of government with. it certainly was in the '90s when you had divided goth between clinton and congressional republicans. and aide arguing we're -- i'd arguing we're starting to see some degree of success with that now with the republican house and the democrats controlling the senate and the wows. but to actually address the long-term drivers of the debt to keep the federal government from continuing to grow, there are going to need to be some systematic reforms to entitlements, and under the current political conditions, it's ve
spending -- even though deficit spending is really taxation deferred rather than taxation denied. it does make the current generation of voters feel like they're getting something for nothing. even at the tail end of the reagan administration, we had it at one point where the government was -- [inaudible] david fromm back when he was much more libertarian than he is today -- [laughter] described it as post-great government society at pre-great government prices. the final thing is divided...
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-- reduce the deficit. we passed the $600 billion tax increase, focusing on people on the high end of the income scale. the president's goal was to achieve 1.2 trillion revenue. that is less revenue and debt in that plan that in the bipartisan simpson-bowles plan, which said we should do tax reform but in addition to reducing the rates we should have a significant amount go to deficit reduction. the bipartisan simpson-bowles report would have a lot more revenue coming in than the president has proposed. i want to make that clear. i would also point out that speaker boehner during those discussions with the president said he did not want to increase rates. he could raise $800 billion by closing these tax loopholes and breaks and getting rid of these tax expenditures. those are all still there. none of the actions we have taken a limited the tax breaks that all of the candidates and the last election talked about. if we agree that those are just different forms of spending in the tax code, it seems we should
-- reduce the deficit. we passed the $600 billion tax increase, focusing on people on the high end of the income scale. the president's goal was to achieve 1.2 trillion revenue. that is less revenue and debt in that plan that in the bipartisan simpson-bowles plan, which said we should do tax reform but in addition to reducing the rates we should have a significant amount go to deficit reduction. the bipartisan simpson-bowles report would have a lot more revenue coming in than the president has...
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that is 4% of the deficit. we will endanger the national defenses and short change the service men and women overseas for the sake of cutting 4% from the deficit? it is totally irresponsible. >> bill is right that you captain have massive tax reform in just 60 days. it took ronald reagan and tip o'neill and bill bradley a bipartisan bill in 1986, 20 montes to do it. there is things like nascar track owners and wind energy producer and port rehe can rum manufacturers that would more than offset the defense cuts that would be devastating. >> bill wants the president to bail out republicans who made the sequestration deal. >> i want the president to bail out the military. >> but he wants to. >> he is commander in chief. maybe you are not aware of that. >> he is saying let's have a temporary deal to avoid sequestration and republicans are saying no, we have got to protect the rich oil companies and gas companies and we can't do it. >> chris: i will call a little bit of a change here and congressman cotton i want to
that is 4% of the deficit. we will endanger the national defenses and short change the service men and women overseas for the sake of cutting 4% from the deficit? it is totally irresponsible. >> bill is right that you captain have massive tax reform in just 60 days. it took ronald reagan and tip o'neill and bill bradley a bipartisan bill in 1986, 20 montes to do it. there is things like nascar track owners and wind energy producer and port rehe can rum manufacturers that would more than...
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budget deficit? i am serious the deficit dramatically lower. next. we're not in london, are ? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your account or unusual activity, you could alsoet up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer ] atells fargo we're working rounthe clock to help protect your money and financial informaon. here your temporary card. welcome back. how was london? [ female announcer ] when people talk, great things happen. ...amelia... neil and buzz: for teaching us that you can't create the future... by clinging to the past. and withhat: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is looking beyond. 80housand of us investing billions. in everything from the best experiences below... to the finest comforts above. we're not simply saluting history... we're making it. >> the federal budget is a visit expected to shrink this fiscal year after four years of deficit of $1 trillion of ex
budget deficit? i am serious the deficit dramatically lower. next. we're not in london, are ? apparently my debit card is. what? i know. don't worry, we have cancelled your old card. great. thank you. in addition to us monitoring your account or unusual activity, you could alsoet up free account alerts. okay. [ female announcer ] atells fargo we're working rounthe clock to help protect your money and financial informaon. here your temporary card. welcome back. how was london? [ female announcer...
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deficits matter. anyone who supported the bush has no business talking about debt. [booing] i helped bill clinton balanced the budget and built a surplus because we had good economic times. good economic times should pay down the deficit as clinton did but to reagan and bush did not. in bad times you have to stimulate and the airtime as president obama is doing. it is like listening to lectures on hygiene from type 40 -- typhoid mary. is more important to america's pursuit of happiness? which is more dangerous to america's pursuit of happiness? eight 350 format before a 44 ounce big gulf. if you come to my house, you would find guns but no cans of soda. i have the right wing position on the giant drink soda thing. i do not like the idea. idea of thee the government telling me what size soda i can drink. i am with tucker and probably most of you. i have the right wing position on gun safety. i have the same as ronald reagan who was for a waiting time before you buy a gun. the same as george w. bush he was for a ban on assault weapons. the same as when lapierre who wa
deficits matter. anyone who supported the bush has no business talking about debt. [booing] i helped bill clinton balanced the budget and built a surplus because we had good economic times. good economic times should pay down the deficit as clinton did but to reagan and bush did not. in bad times you have to stimulate and the airtime as president obama is doing. it is like listening to lectures on hygiene from type 40 -- typhoid mary. is more important to america's pursuit of happiness? which...
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it does not grow our deficit by a single dime. it does not authorize anybody to spend any money whatsoever. all it does is authorize the treasury to pay the bills on what congress has already spent. think about that. if you buy a car, you do not save money by not paying your car note. you are just a deadbeat. if you buy a house, you do not save money by not authorizing yourself to pay the mortgage. you are just going to be foreclosed on your home. that is what this is about. it is routine. it is what they are supposed to do. it is not a concession to me. it is not some demand that is unreasonable that i am making. this is what congress is supposed to do as a routine matter, and they should not wait until the last minute to do it again last time republicans even threaten to this course of action, many of you remember, back in 2011, our economy stagnated, our credit rating was down for the first time. they go through with it this time and first--force america to default, it will be more dangerous than a shutdown as bad as a shutdown
it does not grow our deficit by a single dime. it does not authorize anybody to spend any money whatsoever. all it does is authorize the treasury to pay the bills on what congress has already spent. think about that. if you buy a car, you do not save money by not paying your car note. you are just a deadbeat. if you buy a house, you do not save money by not authorizing yourself to pay the mortgage. you are just going to be foreclosed on your home. that is what this is about. it is routine. it...
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if we're going to continue on this spree of trillion deficits. it's going to be a good year, of course that sarcasm is bad. >> you know as well as i do that these bills have been passed. the costs haven about run up already. the bills have been signed by the president. what you're talking about is will you pay your debts or not. >> wait a second, chris. it's the same thing that governors have to do in the 50 states. if you have a regullegislature they're wrong and the spending exceeds the revenue then you have pro ray shun. >> there's no danger here of the unit going into default. >> i'm not saying there's no danger. there is a risk to our economy. and i hope that the president will understand that there is a bigger picture here and that bigger picture is whether or not the united states of america is going to continue on this path to insolvency and bankruptcy. that is a much bigger threat. >> what does he have to do to avoid dough fault, the president? >> what the president has to do. okay. which default are you using? the jack lew's? >> i want
if we're going to continue on this spree of trillion deficits. it's going to be a good year, of course that sarcasm is bad. >> you know as well as i do that these bills have been passed. the costs haven about run up already. the bills have been signed by the president. what you're talking about is will you pay your debts or not. >> wait a second, chris. it's the same thing that governors have to do in the 50 states. if you have a regullegislature they're wrong and the spending...
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he's a liberal deficit hawk. he's got very strong views on the safety net and funding of government but he really does believe in doing what can be done to reduce deficits ?ee.'s coming at that time beginning of president obama's second term. second terms are rough. they eventually lead into lake duckery. people jump ship who are working for him. sew needs a strong group to handle the deficiencies that are inherent in a second term. you understand me? >> i understand. i think that's right. >> now, is lew the guy that can do this for him? can he protect him and keep him alive in the sense of politically alive, of course, and keep him vibrant as president? >> look, up to a degree, he can do that. but ultimately still most of the major policy is at the desk of the president. when he said that he was the man who was responsible for three surpluses under bill clinton, let me tell you, bill clinton had three different programs to reduce the budget deficit and bring about that. so it was a presidential decision. it's no
he's a liberal deficit hawk. he's got very strong views on the safety net and funding of government but he really does believe in doing what can be done to reduce deficits ?ee.'s coming at that time beginning of president obama's second term. second terms are rough. they eventually lead into lake duckery. people jump ship who are working for him. sew needs a strong group to handle the deficiencies that are inherent in a second term. you understand me? >> i understand. i think that's...
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it would add to the deficit. now, there have been a couple republicans in the house who have been smart enough to say, we're going to repeal all the benefits so that people -- you know, 20 -- 25, 30 million people don't get health insurance. but we're going to keep the taxes that obama raised. we just won't talk about that. and then that way we can say we reduced the deficit. but, you know, obviously you're doing some funny business there with the budget. but look, nothing is free. the bottom line, though, is, do we want to continue to live in a society where we've got the most inefficient health care system on earth, leaving millions of people exposed to the possibilities that they could lose everything because they get sick, or we've got little -- children and families going to the emergency room once a week because they've got asthma and other preventible diseases because their families aren't linked up with a primary care physician who is providing them regular care. where the costs to society for reduced pro
it would add to the deficit. now, there have been a couple republicans in the house who have been smart enough to say, we're going to repeal all the benefits so that people -- you know, 20 -- 25, 30 million people don't get health insurance. but we're going to keep the taxes that obama raised. we just won't talk about that. and then that way we can say we reduced the deficit. but, you know, obviously you're doing some funny business there with the budget. but look, nothing is free. the bottom...
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just deficit reduction. i think the president clarified that a little bit this evening with a comment you just mentioned, neil. there is that question about whether and that democrats are all that serious about deficit reduction going much further. the republicans put a number, saying we want to get as close as balanced as possible. that is what they're writing right now. neil: we should point out, the president wants to avoid this constant crisis and brinksmanship ahead of what could be another deadline in two weeks. but i see nothing here that will avoid that. >> and the conversations we're having right now, at least in congress on deficit reduction or the sequestered to get rid of that deficit reduction, we are not even close to the deal right now. neil: okay. thank you very much. the republican response falls on 188. running for president and self in four years. marco rubio. >> good evening. i'm marco rubio. i am blessed to represent florida in the united states senate. let me begin by congratulating pre
just deficit reduction. i think the president clarified that a little bit this evening with a comment you just mentioned, neil. there is that question about whether and that democrats are all that serious about deficit reduction going much further. the republicans put a number, saying we want to get as close as balanced as possible. that is what they're writing right now. neil: we should point out, the president wants to avoid this constant crisis and brinksmanship ahead of what could be...
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the worst year of big spending george bush's deficit was under $500 billion. that's the worst year. >> you want to talk about george bush tax cuts, the george bush wars and the george bush crash? >> and now we have obamacare that will -- >> one at a time. >> -- continuous into the future of deficit. that's what we're trying to stop. it's not politics. >> do you agree with me that the republican party as a national party, it is so dead in ten years based on a whole lot of strange -- >> congressman, let me -- >> you've gotten ridden of gays, of women. and i need the republican party because we have to have someone to beat up on. >> oh, charlie, you'll be soarly disappointed. >> it's good for certain -- >> it's not about politics. it's about people. >> i want to he said wiep end wn to you. do you think president obama has been an effective leader the last six years? >> i don't think there's any question about it. but there was an assumption that the congress would work with help. and he was notified by the leader, the republican leader in the senate, that their o
the worst year of big spending george bush's deficit was under $500 billion. that's the worst year. >> you want to talk about george bush tax cuts, the george bush wars and the george bush crash? >> and now we have obamacare that will -- >> one at a time. >> -- continuous into the future of deficit. that's what we're trying to stop. it's not politics. >> do you agree with me that the republican party as a national party, it is so dead in ten years based on a whole...
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not a hysterical deficit hawk but a deficit hawk. >> rose: you will become a deficit hawk when we have a strong economy. define for you a strong economy. is that g.d.p. growth of 4%? >> it's not growth. unemployment rate low enough that the fed is interesting rates to head off inflation. as soon as we're out of the liquidity trap where the fed has got its pedal to the metal. >> rose: so when the fed raises the interest rates to avoid inflation that's when the economy is good shape? >> no, that's when you can make a deal. the fed will hold off on the interest rate hikes. that way it doesn't depress the economy. >> you would start dealing with the debt immediately. you would go in and fix entitlement reform. yes? what would you do immediately to the debt? >> you want to get the parties talking. you want to get the white house, you want to get congress talking and talk about what's going to have to be done to address medicare, to address medicaid, to address social security which is less of a problem. and my belief is -- my concern about the crisis-- like bob rubin said, you never know wh
not a hysterical deficit hawk but a deficit hawk. >> rose: you will become a deficit hawk when we have a strong economy. define for you a strong economy. is that g.d.p. growth of 4%? >> it's not growth. unemployment rate low enough that the fed is interesting rates to head off inflation. as soon as we're out of the liquidity trap where the fed has got its pedal to the metal. >> rose: so when the fed raises the interest rates to avoid inflation that's when the economy is good...
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combines tough spending cuts with the balanced way to row deuce the deficit -- to reduce the deficit that, of course, includes revenue. includes asking the wealthiest americans in particular to pay their fair share. >> we have been on that issue and the republicans say that issue is behind us when it comes to taxs. >> take a look at what is in the package in terms of spending. additional savings from medicare and medicaid in it. savings from agricultural sub is sidis. the president already signed a trillion dollars of deficit reduction into law and committed to more spending cuts but we can't just cut our way to prosperity. we have toasting to invest in things like -- we have to continue to invest in things like education and energy. he put reducing the deficit in a balanced way to promote jobs for middle class families and that is going to be his guiding principle through the negotiations. >> i want to ask you quickly about the republican idea. would you support it but with the caveat they are telling the senate you haven't passed a budget in more than three years and you need to do
combines tough spending cuts with the balanced way to row deuce the deficit -- to reduce the deficit that, of course, includes revenue. includes asking the wealthiest americans in particular to pay their fair share. >> we have been on that issue and the republicans say that issue is behind us when it comes to taxs. >> take a look at what is in the package in terms of spending. additional savings from medicare and medicaid in it. savings from agricultural sub is sidis. the president...
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to run the $1 trillion deficit next year. republicans might make a difference on the margin, but they need to think ahead of time. what are they going to ask for at the end of february when the tet ceiling and the sequest every run out and continuings out in march as well? they can ask for the spending cut. look at regulatory situation. we want the economic growth. at the end of the day, the president is not solving the debt and deficit problem. we can emeal rate the problem and the next president can get serious. economic growth and regulatory relief, postponing obamacare for a year or two. there are proposals to suggest that would be hard for president to say why isn't that a good idea in slowing economy? >> you think the president is going to sign on to slow obamacare? >> if he doesn't, fine. they can't implement it anyway. the democratic governors say they are not ready to set up exchanges. you'd do a favor to put it off a year or two. save a lot of money. let the president explain it's so you are jeny thatm bah bam carri
to run the $1 trillion deficit next year. republicans might make a difference on the margin, but they need to think ahead of time. what are they going to ask for at the end of february when the tet ceiling and the sequest every run out and continuings out in march as well? they can ask for the spending cut. look at regulatory situation. we want the economic growth. at the end of the day, the president is not solving the debt and deficit problem. we can emeal rate the problem and the next...